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Man With A Movie Camera
by The Cinematic Orchestra
— Released 27th May 2003
So here's a question for you – what do Soviet avant garde movies have in common with cutting edge UK dance music. Stuck? The answer is "The Man With The Movie Camera" and The Cinematic Orchestra.
J Swinscoe's TCO have been described as "classy and cerebral, but atmospheric and soulful too" (NME). They are one of the few bands of the last few years to successfully fuse contemporary studio production techniques with fantastic live playing, their take on jazz and film s...
J Swinscoe's TCO have been described as "classy and cerebral, but atmospheric and soulful too" (NME). They are one of the few bands of the last few years to successfully fuse contemporary studio production techniques with fantastic live playing, their take on jazz and film soundtracks fused together with a thoroughly modern sampler-generation attitude. And in their notional leader, J Swinscoe, they have a man who is as concerned with how sound looks, so to speak, as with how it sounds…
In late 1999, Swinscoe was asked by the organisers of the Porto European City of Culture 2000, if the band wanted to score a soundtrack to a silent movie to open the celebrations. It seemed a perfect opportunity to expand the ideas of TCO into the world which had given them their name. But the difference was this was for a one off live performance. The film was Dziga Vertov's 'Man With A Movie Camera,' a 1929 early documentary cinema film from the Soviet Union. The performance in a old theatre space in Porto ended with a standing ovation of 3,500 people. Since that evening TCO have performed the score live at film festivals from Turkey to Scotland.
But the work also had a formative influence on the album that was to become 'Every Day'. Certain tracks that made it on to the album were written specifically for the score, but more than that it made Swinscoe and the band think in terms of combining sounds and textures and unfolding narratives over a period of time using those sounds. In particular, the title 'Every Day' was based on the narrative in the film, which portrays a day in the life of an idealised Soviet society, starting fom people waking up in the morning, moving through various work place ideas, then into leisure time and then back into the cinema...
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Movie Morsels: First Look at Cap and Falcon in CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, STEVE JOBS Teaser Trailer, and More
Posted by Joseph McCabe on May 18, 2015
Welcome back to another week of Movie Morsels, folks! We've got a few choice items to brighten up your Monday, including the first-ever photos of a super-suited Chris Evans and Anthony Mackie on the set of Captain America: Civil War and new velociraptor footage from Jurassic World. Plus, the latest on the next Fast & Furious film, your first look at Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs, and word on a new horror thriller starring Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff!
Following our first look at Frank Grillo as Crossbones in Captain America: Civil War, photos of Chris Evans and Anthony Mackie as Cap and the Falcon in next summer's Marvel Studios sequel have arrived online via Just Jared. While Evans' costume looks much the same as it did in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Mackie's new suit has some added red, to bring it more in line with that of his comic-book counterpart. Captain America: Civil War arrives on May 6, 2016, and co-stars Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, and Elizabeth Olsen.
We have a TON of #CaptainAmericaCivilWar set photos! @ChrisEvans & @AnthonyMackie in costume: http://t.co/vCQQvfSrAV pic.twitter.com/h2BqPv8mRn
— JustJared.com (@JustJared) May 15, 2015
[Just Jared]
Who wants to see what happens when velociraptors attack? Everyone! So check out the latest TV spot from Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World below. The long-awaited fourth film in the Jurassic Park series (set twenty-two years after the original) arrives on June 12th, and stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Jake Johnson, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Vincent D'Onofrio, BD Wong, Omar Sy, Judy Greer, Katie McGrath, Lauren Lapkus, and Andy Buckley.
Can you outrun a pack of raptors? On your mark, get set, GO! The Park is Open June 12. #JurassicWorld #AmazingRace https://t.co/aZ39Ho9CK0
— #JurassicWorld (@JurassicPark) May 16, 2015
Good news, my fellow Fast & Furious fans… While publicizing his upcoming San Andreas, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson confirmed that he will indeed return in the blockbuster franchise's film. "Of course," said the actor. "It can't go on without Hobbs." When asked about the potential for a solo spinoff film starring his character, Johnson replied, "We all are interested in it. I just had a big conversation with the studio. So we'll see. I still think for me personally we've created a little bit of space for him in 7 and the gauge is set for what the audience will want. That's my take on it, you know, but a lot of other people have to have input." Fast & Furious 8 is set for release on April 14, 2017.
[Slashfilm]
The first teaser trailer for Universal's Steve Jobs (formerly titled Jobs) is here to whet our appetites. Director Danny Boyle's biopic, scripted by Aaron Sorkin, stars Michael Fassbender as the late Apple co-founder; and co-stars Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Katherine Waterston, and Michael Stuhlbarg. The film debuts on October 9th. Here's the official synopsis…
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
[Universal]
Don't Knock Twice
Katee Sackhoff has slowly transitioned from sci-fi superstar to scream queen. After her roles in Ghosts of Georgia and Oculus, the former Starbuck has signed on for Don't Knock Twice, a horror film from Caradog James, who directed the recent well-received AI thriller The Machine. Don't Knock Twice centers around an urban legend, and concerns "a guilt-ridden mother trying to save her estranged daughter from the curse of a vengeful witch." The film is currently being shopped around Cannes. Production starts in the UK in July.
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What do you think of today's top stories? Let us know below!
anthony mackie, Captain America: Civil War, chris evans, Danny Boyle, Don't Knock Twice, Dwayne Johnson, Fast & Furious 8, jurassic world, katee sackhoff, michael fassbender, Movie Morsels, Steve Jobs, the Rock
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Video Documentation Of Ong Sam Leong's Tomb (Bukit Brown) And Qing Dynasty Tombs At Kheam Hock Road
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Four tombs at Kheam Hock Road (in front of Oei Tiong Ham Hall) were due to be exhumed by July 2006. These were the tombstone of Huang Huishi (1881), Huang Huishi's wife, Ni Sima (1881) and Qiu Zhengzhi and his wife (1842). The inscription on the last tomb cannot be read. No family has come forward to claim them and the land will be re-developed by Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Ong Sam Leong's tomb (1918) is the largest at Bukit Brown (Kopi Sua). Beside his tomb is his son's tomb - Ong Boon Tat. The Ong family owned numerous properties and brickworks and is documented in Song Ong Siang's 100 Years of the Chinese in Singapore. His grandson is Ong Tiong Hwee, well known lawyer and head of the Straits Chinese Volunteers. The tomb has many beautiful carvings, life-sized stoned Sikh guards, and stone lions.
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Q: How to pronunce "ght" in English properly? I'm Italian and I have a pronunciation problem with the sound "ght". How could I pronounce it properly?
I have a problem to pronounce this sound in the word "laughter" and other words like that.

A: It really depends on the word - and to a certain extent on the English dialect/accent.
For "laughter", it pretty much sounds like an "f": "lafter"
For many other words, like "daughter, "thought", it's basically silent. You could say it's elongating the preceding vowel sounds a bit, with some aspiration of air before the 't'.

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Take the word 'gira-ffe' - the ffe sound
Take the word 'tap' - the 't' sound

add them together and that is how you pronounce ght in laughter.
Hardly a technical answer, but hopefully it's practical for you.
Also if you are looking for help practicing those sounds, you would be better looking for just 'gh' as that is a much more popular phonetic sound.

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I have included this amazing artwork in the new feature for June 2017 on the front of the journal. Please the journal so that more members may see your art, and thank you for being a member.
Great job with the face and the hair. feel like I can see the soul of this painting thru her eyes.
Вау, ваш рисунок просто изумителен!
Brilliant picture! The only thing missing is her freckles (I LOVE her freckles!, but other than that... outstanding. I hope you do more of Triss!
Wow ! Very well done !
Wow. I love this piece. The colours are bright and vivid and the detail is extraordinary.
No worries. I just had a quick look and your art is amazing.


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Socialism always relentlessly and desperately pushes Forward!
What do real Socialists do? Push forward on all fronts, always forward, make the bourgeois desperate, never let the bourgeois rest or recuperate. Forward!
Vic Biorseth, Tuesday, November 30, 2021
How did a measly fifteen thousand or less communist revolutionaries ever manage to take over such a huge population in such a huge nation as Russia, and then rule it with an iron fist?
By relentlessly and desperately pushing forward. Without letup.
Quick, while the nation is distracted and preoccupied with World War I and national survival, take the government. Then, quick, before the people figure out what's going on, kill the Czar, his family and all heirs to the throne! After that, there was no turning back; the only possible direction was Forward!
Relentlessly forward! Desperately forward!
And forward became the motto of all forms and styles of Socialism.
Go big or go home; go big or die; the only possible direction is forward.
Mao Tse Tung
It was the same when the red Chinese socialists conquered China. The nation was preoccupied with and distracted by its desperate war against Japan and could not marshal the forces necessary to crush the internal revolutionaries. The more desperate the Chinese situation became, the more desperate the revolutionaries sought to make it. As it was in Russia, so it was in China; it was a matter of pressing forward, or being wiped out.
Not wishing to die, they pressed forward.
We have said and emphasized all over this site that there is not a nickle's worth of difference between Communism, Fascism and Nazism. All of them are variations on the same theme of Marxism-Socialism. All of them lie to gain political power; all are utterly ruthless; all promise some sort of Utopian ultimate destination; all of them rule tyrannically once ultimate ruling power is achieved.
There are no exceptions.
The Utopian promises are all false.
Socialism, in all forms and variations, is diametrically opposed to all of the American citizen rights fixed in the American Constitution. With the exception of Islam, and the exceptions of Satanism, Wica and Paganism, it just doesn't get any more anti-American than Socialism.
In point of fact, Socialism is pagan at its deepest roots; it is not possible for one to be a true Christian or Jew and also be a true Socialist.
How is Socialism anti-American? How does it oppose our Constitution?
Socialism denies the constitutional right to freedom of worship in favor of a militant secularization of society and the imposition of atheism, or, any anti-Christian religion(s), or, some form of paganism.
Socialism denies the constitutional right of citizens to own property, in favor of "Redistributionism", the establishment of "Communal Property" and "Social Equity" in all areas of life. It is a promise that is never fulfilled; all socialist lands wind up with an impoverished population and a comfortable ruling class.
Socialism denies the constitutional rights to freedom of speech, press, assembly and redress of grievances. No one may criticize or act against Socialism or the ruling class.
Socialism denies the constitutional right to liberty; the freedom to live and move where one chooses, educate himself, pursue his own interests and make his own way. To be self-governing.
That's not all, by a long shot, but it's enough to show the unmitigated anti-Americanism of Socialism. It is not possible to be a Socialist and also be a good American citizen.
Socialism and Constitutional America are absolutely antithetical.
Lenin and Obama; birds of a feather
If you think that JoBama O'Biden and Kamala Harris are actually running the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the USA, you may be almost as dumb as they are.
O'Biden doesn't know what time it is, or where he is, or what he's supposed to do next. And Kamala may not be demented yet, but she's even dumber than Biden ever was, and that's really, really dumb. They didn't earn their positions and they didn't win any election to get where they are. They were selected and put where they are by their Party, which is Socialist, and anti-American.
And there, they are being manipulated, as puppets, on the public stage.
Comrade Obama (peace be upon him)
The Marxocrat party, socialist to the core, is pushing Forward!
What is the Socialist Marxocrat Party agenda? Pushing forward on all fronts, always forward, to make the bourgeois desperate, keep them desperate, never let the bourgeois rest or recuperate. Forward!
From one Hegelian crisis to the next, never let go of any of them, get another one going, and push forward, on all of them at the same time.
Push the fraudulent climate change myth. Push the fraudulent renewable resource myth. Push the fraudulent fossil fuel myth. Push the fraudulent sustainability myth. Push the rising sea level myth. Push the electric cars and planes are the future myth. Push the desperate need for Chinese wind mills and Chinese solar panels myth.
Convince the populace that only black lives matter. Defund the police. Support the inner city takeovers by Marxocrat party agent provocateurs. Empty the prisons. Eliminate bail. Allow shop lifting and looting within "reasonable" limits. Refuse to prosecute criminals. Convince the populace that Trump and Trump supporters are all white supremacists and insurrectionists.
Convince the populace that all white people are racist, America is racist and western civilization is racist. Convince children that their parents are racists and sexists, that homosexuality is natural and normal, and that they should try it for themselves, that there are innumerable "genders" beyond male and female, and they they need to pick one, or more than one, to assign to themselves.
Open the borders, get more and more caravans of illegals into America, smuggle them into critical voting districts and prepare to get them all to the polls in the 2022 election.
Perfect and solidify all the methods of election fraud that were successful in 2020, improve on them and develop new ones, including especially how to get all illegal aliens to vote as soon as possible, whether up-front or otherwise, and get away with it.
The Cultural Marxism movement added racist, feminist, free sex, homosexual, transsexual and "genderist" equity motives and movements to the original economic equity motive and movement of socialism. The better to splinter a culture and set it against itself. (See the divide and conquer pagess.) All under the phony title of Social Justice, and the Marxocrat Party added all of that into its anti-American socialist revolutionary agenda.
Today they seek to convince the populace that those parents of student children who oppose the unconstitutional and illegal federal government mandated education curricula being taught in schools are dangerous, white-supremacist and terrorist insurrectionists, because they are opposing cultural "progress" toward "perfection" and eventual Utopia.
Simultaneously, they will never relent or let up on the Wuhan Lab Virus terrorism until every private or family-owned business or franchise operation in America is permanently shut down and out of business. There will be jab after jab, booster after booster, shut-down after shut-down, until the last business folds.
American citizens will not be allowed on airplanes, buses, trains, ships, into buildings, arenas or venues of any kind unless and until they can prove they are quadruple vaxed, wearing three masks, goggles and a full hazmat suit. Eventually they will not be allowed out onto the street without that full compliance; and the next step after that, is that is how they are not to be allowed to be unvaxed, unmasked, un-goggled and un-suited inside their own homes, assuming they still have homes.
The whole reason for insisting today on being vaxed or losing your job is that the very best Americans - those who are the most independent and self-governing - are the very ones the Marxocrat Party wants most to get rid of. Those are the soldiers they want out of the army, the doctors and nurses they want out of practice, the bourgeois or potential bourgeois most independent-minded and thus opposed to socialism, that they want out of government, industry, academia and everywhere.
I'm telling you, they want a weaker military; they want a weaker police force; they want a weaker and more compliant work force. That's the socialist goal.
They want more chaos, more disorder, more lack of personal and cultural security. They are working for it; everything they do promotes it.
They were close, so close, and then Trump came along and won in 2016 despite all their cheating. He scared the hell out of all of them by winning the Presidential election, because he was then in a position that could identify all their crimes and do something about them. Except for the fact that they had their own operatives all over and in all levels of the Permanent Government.
So the socialist Marxocrats have organized agent provocateurs not only out there in the streets, burning, looting, pillaging and plundering, but they have them occupying the top, bottom and middle rungs of all levels of government, too.
They're not doing all this craziness out of stupidity. They are evil.
They know full well what they are doing.
And our current Pope is a socialist, too. God help us.


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Rosehill Resources Inc. Announces Appointment of Gary C. Hanna as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
HOUSTON, Sept. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rosehill Resources Inc. ("Rosehill" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ROSE, ROSEW, ROSEU) today announced that the Chairman of the Company's board of directors, Gary C. Hanna, has been appointed to also serve as the interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and its sole subsidiary, Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, effective immediately and until the search for a new President and CEO is complete. Mr. Hanna succeeds J. A. (Alan) Townsend, the Company's prior President and Chief Executive Officer. The Company previously announced Mr. Townsend's retirement in April 2018.
Mr. Hanna said, "I would like to again thank Alan for his dedicated service to Rosehill and wish him well in his retirement. I know the Company very well and am thrilled to assume the role of Interim President and CEO. I look forward to working closely with the management team to help capitalize on the opportunities ahead. Our search for a permanent President and CEO is well underway and we are actively engaged with several attractive candidates. We expect to complete the search soon and will announce the results at that time."
With 30 years of experience in the energy industry, Mr. Hanna has a proven track record of successfully leading exploration and production companies. Mr. Hanna previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of KLR Energy, one of the predecessors of the Company, between September 2015 and April 2017. Mr. Hanna served as the Chief Executive Officer of EPL Oil & Gas, Inc., or EPL, a publicly-traded company that was acquired by Energy XXI in June 2014. Mr. Hanna is currently the chairman of the board of directors of Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., a position he has held since April 2018.
About Rosehill Resources Inc.
Rosehill Resources Inc. is an oil and gas exploration company with producing assets in Texas and New Mexico with its investment activity focused in the Delaware Basin portion of the Permian Basin. The Company's strategy for growth includes the organic development of its two core acreage areas in the Northern Delaware Basin and the Southern Delaware Basin, as well as focused acquisitions in the Delaware Basin.
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A modern ark
To save endangered species, move them to more congenial places
Special reportNov 26th 2015 edition
ALONG THE BANKS of the Apalachicola river, near the border between Florida and Georgia, lives a rare tree called a stinking cedar. Once common, Torreya taxifolia seems to have got stuck in this tiny pocket as the continent warmed after the last ice age. It cannot migrate northward because the surrounding soils are too poor. Attacked by fungi, just a few hundred stinking cedars remain along the river. Rising temperatures now threaten to kill them off entirely.
Spying a looming extinction, a group of people is engaged in a kind of ecological vigilantism. The self-styled "Torreya Guardians" collect thousands of seeds a year and plant them in likely places across the eastern United States. Stinking cedar turns out to thrive in North Carolina. The Torreya Guardians are now trying to plant it in colder states like Ohio and Michigan as well. By the time the trees are fully grown, they reason, temperatures might be ideal there.
Some are dubious. The Torreya Guardians were at first seen as "eco-terrorists spreading an invasive species", remembers Connie Barlow, the group's chief propagandist. She rejects that charge, pointing out that she is only moving the tree within America. She also thinks that drastic action of this kind will soon be widespread: "We are the radical edge of what is going to become a mainstream action."
Conservation is nearly always backward-looking. It aims to keep plants and animals not just where they are but where they were before humans meddled. The only real debate is over how far to turn back the clock. Scotland and Wales have been heavily grazed for centuries, giving them a bald beauty. Should they now be reforested, or "rewilded", as the trendy term has it? Should wolves be encouraged to reclaim their ancient territory in America's Rocky Mountains?
In a rapidly warming world, this attitude is becoming outdated. No part of the Earth can be returned to a natural state that prevailed before human interference, because humans are so rapidly changing the climate. Conservation, as traditionally practised, is being overtaken by fast-moving reality. In future the question will no longer be how to preserve species in particular places but how to move them around to ensure their survival.
A cool move
Global warming has already set off mass migrations. Having crossed the Baltic Sea, purple emperor butterflies (pictured above) are fluttering northward through Scandinavia in search of cooler temperatures. Trees and animals are climbing mountains. The most spectacular migrations have taken place in the oceans, says Elvira Poloczanska of CSIRO, Australia's national science agency. Many sea creatures can move quickly, which is just as well: in the oceans it is generally necessary to travel farther than on land to find lower temperatures. Phytoplankton populations are moving by up to 400km a decade.
Not all plants and animals can make it to new homes, though. Some will be hemmed in by farmland, cities or coasts. Animals that live in one mountain range might be unable to cross a hot plain to reach higher mountains. And many will find that the species they eat move at a different speed from their own: carnivorous mammals can migrate more quickly than rodents, which in turn migrate faster than trees. The creatures that already inhabit the poles and the highest mountains cannot move to cooler climes and might be done for.
It is not clear that climate change has yet driven any species to extinction. Frogs native to Central and South America have been wiped out by a fungus to which they may or may not have become more vulnerable as a result of changing temperatures. Yet the speed at which species' habitats are shifting suggests they are already under great pressure—which will only increase in the next few decades. Chris Thomas, an evolutionary biologist at the University of York in England, has estimated that by 2050 between 18% and 35% of species could be on the path to extinction.
A few years ago Mr Thomas helped transport hundreds of butterflies—marbled whites and small skippers—to Durham, at least 50km north of their usual range, and released them into the cooler air. The butterflies fared well. These days he thinks bigger. Why not move creatures farther, he suggests, to places where they have never lived?
He suggests several candidates for "assisted colonisation" to Britain. The Caucasian wingnut tree, which clings on in a few moist parts of Turkey and Iran, could probably be planted widely. De Prunner's ringlet, an endangered butterfly native to southern Europe, feeds on grasses that are common in Britain. The Iberian lynx, an endangered cat, would find lots of rabbits to eat. Britain is a highly suitable ark for other countries' endangered species: thanks to the Gulf Stream, its climate is expected to remain broadly constant over the next few decades.
Any room for a lynx?
The notion of deliberately moving species a long way from home is starting to look a little less heretical. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, which shapes biodiversity policy, recently revised its guidelines, apparently giving a slight nod to such relocations. It insists upon great caution. But "if you have too much risk assessment, nothing will happen, and these species will go extinct," says Mr Thomas.
A modern ark climate change
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline "A modern ark"


Land is a primary input for all agricultural production. 33% of the world's land is used for agriculture, and 1/3 of that is used for crop production. Efficient land use is a top priority and concern for agricultural producers, and because the world's population is increasing and there are competing demands for land use (urban areas, forestry, natural areas, etc), efficient land use to produce crops is an important measure of sustainability.
The land-use efficiency indicator is the simplest of the four Canadian Field Print Calculator indicators. It estimates the amount of land required to produce a unit of crop. Instead of measuring tonnes produced per hectare, land use efficiency measures the number of hectares required to produce a tonne of crop.
In the 2013 crop year on Field 1 your yield was 56 bu/ac (3.14 tonne/ha), so you used 0.319 hectares to produce each tonne of canola. The 2013 provincial average for Alberta was 0.4 ha/tonne, based on an average yield of 2.50 tonne/ha (higher than the three-year average of 2.20 tonne/ha). The chart above shows the Land Use Efficiency of your 2013 crop on Field 1 in relation to the long-term provincial trend for canola in Alberta. A low LUE indicates relatively more sustainable production.
More information: Land Use Efficiency is calculated using data from CANSIM, Statistics Canada, Table 001-0010 -Estimated areas, yield, production and average farm price of principal field crops, in metric units, annual.


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Q: How Can I Delete Files with Extended Attributes My system has a bunch of files on an attached WD Mac Passport drive that I think were created by a file synchronization application that I no longer use. I would like to delete these files. All of them list with extended attributes that I cannot delete.
This is what ls -lo reports:
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Danny Fishing.jpg

Here's some of the things I have tried:

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*Delete in Finder ... No

*Delete in Terminal; rm Danny Fishing.jpg ... Returns "Invalid Argument"
Delete the directory and all files: rm -r _DelSyncFiles ...Returns "Invalid Argument" on every file
This is what xattr returns:
Danny Fishing.jpg
com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags
com.apple.quarantine

I have tried to use xattr to remove the extended attributes:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine Danny Fishing.jpg ... "[Errno 22] Invalid argument"

xattr -c com.apple.quarantine Danny Fishing.jpg ... "[Errno 22] Invalid argument"

xattr -cr _DelSyncFiles ... "[Errno 22] Invalid argument" on every file

How can I get rid of these 4,000 files?


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Home News Nigeria Armed Forces Day: Atiku Abubakar pledges to review conditions of service of...
Armed Forces Day: Atiku Abubakar pledges to review conditions of service of military
Bankole Adewale
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, pledged to review the conditions of service of the servicemen in the country if elected as the nation's president in February.
Abubakar who stated this in Akure, Ondo state capital, during a special service organised by the PDP in Ondo state to mark the Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance Day, frowned over the treatment melted on the fallen heroes and their families by the present administration in the country.
He lamented over the state of living of the heroes and promised to make life worth living for them, saying special welfare packages would be made available for the servicemen and the families of the dead heroes.
According to him, those that laid their lives for the survival and existence of the country deserved to be honoured and should be treated with dignity and honour, saying they laid their lives down to preserve the unity of the nation and deserve better than what the present government was giving them.
He said: "If elected I shall review the condition of service of our servicemen. They deserve the best but for them the peace and unity we are enjoying as Nigerians won't be there. We owe them a lot and their sweat should not be allowed to go unrewarded.
"Today is a day of sober reflection and we salute both the living and dead heroes of this country who gave their all for the security and territorial integrity of this nation of ours."
He assured that his administration would not joke with the welfare of the servicemen while other necessities would be given to them to boost their morale.
He pointed out that "Nigeria had lost its many of its citizens in international peacekeeping efforts and other peace initiatives to return peace across the World.
"l today joined Nigerians to remember our fallen heroes who laid their lives for the unity of this nation.
He, however, called on Nigerians to embrace peace and unity as a means of honouring the gallant efforts of the Nigerian military.
Prayers were offered by both the South West Secretary of the party Rev Bunmi Ogunjenyo and the Deputy state chairman of the party Alhaji Fatai Adams who prayed for peace and unity of the country.
Meanwhile, Ondo State governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, distributed micro-credit loans to the widows of servicemen from the 32 Artillery Brigade. Owena Cantonment, Akure, who lost the lives in the war against the Boko Haram sect.
Akeredolu who issues a cash gift of N100, 000 to each of the widow of the fallen soldiers from the cantonment, also said his administration would continue to put smiles on the faces of the dependants of the fallen heroes.
The governor stated that the cash was distributed to cushion the impact of immediate challenges engendered by the unfortunate losses but noted that no amount of money can replace a lost life.
He, however, called on individuals and corporate organisations to assist in bringing smiles to the faces of this category of persons who had become vulnerable because of the loss of their breadwinners.
While highlighting the steps taken by his administration to ensure the security of lives and properties in the state, Akeredolu said: "I want to seize this opportunity to thank the security agencies for their efforts in providing security in the State.
"Recently, Operation Egwu Eke III was launched in the State to address our security challenges. This was not unconnected with the incessant cases of kidnapping, armed robbery and ritual killings in parts of the State.
"I want to thank the Brigade Commander and his officers and men for their gallantry. We have started to see the effect of this exercise as all these crime-prone areas have been quiet of late.
"The State Government is also holding meetings with all the relevant stakeholders in the State, including the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and our traditional institutions.
"Also, as part of efforts to completely stem the tide, in the next few weeks, we shall be providing additional new operational vehicles for our security agencies for adequate, effective and efficient patrol of the state.
"The state Government is also organising a Security Summit later in the week. We are looking at the security architecture of the State holistically and trying to look at the challenges and proffering suitable solutions. I want to assure you of the readiness of the State Government to implement workable solutions generated at the end of the summit."
The governor also said his administration has given the state's cenotaph a face-lift in line with the demand of the Chairman, Nigerian Legion in the State.
According to him, "It is obvious that the Cenotaph that was constructed in 1994 had suffered serious neglect for many years. This was the situation when the demand for the upgrade/facelift was made, which led to what we are all seeing today.
"Though the work started late, it is, however, gratifying to see the effort we are making in renovating the Cenotaph. In a similar vein, I want to enjoin the Chairmen of Caretaker Committees in the Local Government Councils to consider having befitting Cenotaphs in their respective Local Government Area Headquarters in the State.
"The spirits of our departed heroes lying symbolically within the Cenotaph, deserve our recognition and appreciation at all times."
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Q: Throwing Meteor.Error always returns 403 in error.error For some reason, in my web app when I throw new Meteor.Error('my-reason', 'Full details'), in the client callback, error.error evaluates to 403 instead of "my-reason." So I did a quick test in a separate folder:
if Meteor.isClient
  Template.stuff.events
    'click .throw': ->
      Meteor.call 'throwError', 'dummy data', (error, result) ->
        console.log error.error

if Meteor.isServer
  Meteor.methods
    throwError: (str) ->
      throw new Meteor.Error 'work-please', 'Please work.'

Sure enough, it works great, and error.error is "work-please." So why, in my web app I'm developing, does error.error eval to 403?? Relevant snippets from said web app:
Server:
createSeller: (userData) ->
  check userData,
    username: String
    email: String
    password: String
    profile: Match.Optional Match.ObjectIncluding({accountType: String})

  newUserId = Accounts.createUser
    username: userData.username
    email: userData.email
    password: userData.password
    profile:
      accountType: 'seller'

  if newUserId # successfully made new user
    Accounts.sendVerificationEmail newUserId
    return { success: true }
  else
    throw new Meteor.Error 'user-exists', 'User already exists.'

Client:
Meteor.call 'createSeller', newUser, (error, result) ->
  Session.set 'creatingUser', false
  console.log error.error

A: I think the issue is that the error is thrown, not returned, from the call to Accounts.createUser, and that error, not the error you're manually creating, is what's being sent back to the client.  In other words, you're never even reaching
else
    throw new Meteor.Error 'user-exists', 'User already exists.'

because execution has stopped before you reach that point.
I think you can work around this by catching the error out of the Accounts.createUser call:
try {
newUserId = Accounts.createUser
    username: userData.username
    email: userData.email
    password: userData.password
    profile:
      accountType: 'seller'
} catch (err) {
  throw new Meteor.Error 'user-exists', 'User already exists.'
}

// If you get to here you know there wasn't an error so no need for if statement
Accounts.sendVerificationEmail newUserId
return { success: true }


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Q: MySql Table formatting in PHP So this PHP Code would print all the table data from my database on a Web-Page.
<?php
$hostname = '127.0.0.1:3306';
$dbname   = 'login'; // Your database name.
$username = 'root';             // Your database username.
$password = '';                 // Your database password. If your database has no password, leave it empty.

mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password) or DIE('Connection to host is failed, perhaps the service is down!');
mysql_select_db($dbname) or DIE('Database name is not available!');
$query="SELECT * FROM markers";
$result=mysql_query($query);

$fields_num = mysql_num_fields($result);
echo "

";
// printing table headers
for($i=0; $i<$fields_num; $i++)
{
    $field = mysql_fetch_field($result);
    echo "{$field->name}
";
}
echo "
\n";
// printing table rows

while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))

{
    echo "
";
    echo "
";

    echo "$row[0]	";
    echo "$row[1]	";
    echo "$row[2]	";
    echo "$row[3]	";
    echo "
\n";
    echo "

";

}
?>

But what Essentially it's doing is that. It's not properly formatted.It comes like this.

What I wanted to do Is to bring this table exactly in the center of the web-page, Give it some fancy borders(curvy edges, Great fonts.)

A: You don't need to recreate the table for each row you are outputting, so change
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))

{
    echo "
";
    echo "
";

    echo "$row[0]	";
    echo "$row[1]	";
    echo "$row[2]	";
    echo "$row[3]	";
    echo "
\n";
    echo "

";

}

to
echo "

";
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))

{
    echo "
";
    echo "$row[0]	";
    echo "$row[1]	";
    echo "$row[2]	";
    echo "$row[3]	";
    echo "
\n";
}
echo "

";

A: You're creating a new table for every iteration through rows. Move the
 tags outside of the loop.

A: Change
    while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))

{
    echo "
";
    echo "
";

    echo "$row[0]	";
    echo "$row[1]	";
    echo "$row[2]	";
    echo "$row[3]	";
    echo "
\n";
    echo "

";

}

to
 echo "
";
 while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))

{
    echo "
";
    echo "$row[0]	";
    echo "$row[1]	";
    echo "$row[2]	";
    echo "$row[3]	";
    echo "
\n";
}
echo "
";

A: You don't need to put table header in the loop because header will be the same all the time. For header you can try this:

Employee ID
Designation ID
First Name

if(!result)
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{

           <?php $row[0];?>

 }

A: Use
echo "
";
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))

{
    echo "
";
    echo "$row[0]	";
    echo "$row[1]	";
    echo "$row[2]	";
    echo "$row[3]	";
    echo "
\n";
}
echo "
";

Then in the head of the document, use the following code:

In order to correctly center the table, it is necessary to set a width for it. It won't work otherwise.

A: You need 2 loops (the 2nd inside the first),
$result = mysqli_query('your sql');
// begin table, only once
echo '
';
// use thead for the table header :)
echo '
';
for($i=0; $i<$fields_num; $i++)
{
    $field = mysqli_fetch_field($result);
    echo ''.$field->name.'	';
}
echo '
';
echo '
';
// 1st loop, each rows
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result))
{
    // each rows start with
 / ends with

    echo '
';
    // 2nd loop, each field
    foreach($row as $field => $value)
    {
        // you can also add class name in each case of your table, to add custom style
        // for each field in your css
        echo ''.$value.'	';
    }
    echo '
';
}
echo '
';
echo '
';


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14 - December - 2022
Floods kill at least 120 in Congolese capital
People stand watch after heavy rains caused floods and landslides, on the outskirts of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo December 13,2022. REUTERS/Stringer
At least 120 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa after heavy rains unleashed floods and caused landslides, a government document seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday.
Entire neighbourhoods were flooded with muddy water, and houses and roads ripped apart by sinkholes, including the N1 highway that connects Kinshasa to the chief sea port of Matadi.
The prime minister's office said in a statement that the N1 could be closed for 3-4 days.
2 minute readDecember 14, 20224:17 AM GMT+3Last Updated 5 hours ago
KINSHASA, Dec 13 (Reuters) – At least 120 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa after heavy rains unleashed floods and caused landslides, a government document seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday.
The death toll was compiled by the General Management of Migration, a part of the interior ministry.
The toll may rise. Health minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani Mbanda told Reuters the ministry had counted 141 dead but that the number needed to be cross-checked with other departments.
Images posted on Twitter by Congo's government spokesman Patrick Muyaya showed a major road that appeared to have subsided into a deep chasm, with crowds staring at the damage.


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Event will be held rain or shine. There are no refunds of race fees. If the event is cancelled, rescheduled or relocated because of extraordinary circumstances, threatening the welfare of the participants and/or volunteers, refunds may be considered on a case by case basis.
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Bring proof of USAT membership with you to packet pickup or be prepared to purchase membership.
Early Registration closes at 11:59pm on Tuesday August 20, 2019. After that time, registrations will only be accepted at packet pickup.


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Sacramento LEEDs Regional Effort to Forecast Skill Demands and Job Market
Despite the recent economic downturn, many communities are still looking at a changing job market in the next 5 to 10 years, with middle- and high-skill jobs constituting a majority of the incoming workforce needs.
Greater Santa Ana Business Alliance Launches the High School Inc. Academies
At Santa Ana Valley High School, the largest and oldest high school in Orange County, California, business and education leaders have a forged a unique partnership to better prepare students for the road ahead after graduation.
Scholastic and the National Urban League Partner to Improve Literacy Rates Among Minority Children
In keeping with its commitment to improving children's literacy worldwide, Scholastic has partnered with the National Urban League (NUL) to launch the new
Richmond Chamber Working to Ensure "Smart Beginnings"
While most chambers to date have not actively worked on early childhood education issues in their community, in Richmond, Virginia, the chamber has been doing so for more than a dozen years.
Manchester Businesses Making a Pledge to Improve Student Achievement
As a response to a study that the Greater Manchester (NH) Chamber of Commerce (GMCC) conducted on the perception of the quality of local education, the GMCC created a
Deloitte Releases its 2008 Business in Education Survey
On November 12th, 2008 the U.S. Chamber's National Chamber Foundation (NCF) hosted a CEO Leadership Series Luncheon featuring Barry Salzberg, Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte, LLP. Mr.
Greater Spokane Incorporated Launches Career Awareness Campaign
In the changing American job market, math and science are becoming highly-coveted skills. Yet, there is decreased interest and abilities in these subjects in recent years, and students are continually entering the workforce underprepared.
ARUP Laboratories Excels at Workplace Flexibility
ARUP Laboratories, a nationally acclaimed medical and testing reference laboratory owned and operated by the University of Utah, offers its staff the option of a schedule that requires a week of work (seven days on) with an alternating seven d
Intel Invests $120 Million for Science Competitions, Youth Outreach, and Online Science Community
In October 2008, the Intel Corporation announced that it was committing $120 million over the next 10 years to encourage and motivate young people's interest in math and science.
Fort Worth Chamber Helps Students "Stay-In-School"
Leaving school before graduation limits opportunities for those who drop out and places a burden on the community with significant social and economic costs.


Made to a traditional 'Marseille' recipe in a small French atisanal factory, these beautiful soaps are rich and creamy and fragranced with natural essences.
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Q: JS async function keeps running even after I returned result. What am I doing wrong here? I'm trying to customize a Slack Bot with Botkit for exercise but I ran into a problem and I can't seem to figure it out. I want to retrieve a random post from Reddit, check if it's an image and then return it if it is, otherwise get another post. Now, I'm not that familiar with async/await functions, I read a few docs about it, but looks like I'm still not getting something right here. Can someone point me in the right direction?
So in my script I have this:
const reddit = require( '../app/reddit' )

module.exports = function(controller) {
    controller.hears( 'test123', 'message,direct_message', async ( bot, message ) => {
        let image = await reddit.get_random_image()
        console.log(image)
    } )
}

And also this:
const get_random_image = async () => {

    let posts = await wrap.getHot( 'memes', { limit: 100 } )

    const post = fn.get_random_array_item( posts )

    if ( post.url.indexOf('.jpg') !== -1 || post.url.indexOf('.png') !== -1 || post.url.indexOf('.gif') !== -1 ) {
        console.log('image')
        return Promise.resolve( '*' + post.title + '* ( /' + post.subreddit_name_prefixed + ' )\n' + post.url )
    } else {
        console.log('not an image')
        return await get_random_image()
    }

}
module.exports.get_random_image = get_random_image

What happens is, when I write 'test123' in Slack, the function runs and it the first post is indeed an image everything seems fine and code stops, but if first post is not an image and function calls itself again it runs over and over again for some time, even when image is encountered.
Edit:
Added screenshots of console.
This happends if first selected post is not an image:

And this happends when it is an image:


To leave, abandon, or purposefully lose someone. My little brother was being a real pest around me and my friends, so we decided to ditch him in the mall. I can't believe she ditched me to go hang out with her friends!
To leave a place, especially one that is no longer of use or interest, generally in search of something better. Come on, let's ditch this place and go back to my house.
To throw away or abandon something. I was tired of carrying his bag for him, so I ditched it in a bush and went home. I had to ditch my car and walk into town after I ran out of gas.
A person who offers unsolicited criticism or advice about something in which they are not an active participant. Taken from the sport of hurling, a player of which is a hurler. Primarily heard in Ireland. All these people condemning the political process from social media, many of whom I'm sure don't vote, are just hurlers on the ditch in my opinion.
1. To drive safely; to stay on the road. (Usually said imperatively.) Whoa there, son. I know you're only just learning, but try to keep it between the ditches!
2. To behave properly or appropriately; to stay out of trouble or harm's way; keep to the straight and narrow. (Often said imperatively.) Okay, Bob, I'll see you after you're back from your trip. Keep it between the ditches now, you hear?
A final effort or attempt to solve a problem or avoid failure or defeat, especially after a series of failures or setbacks. The home team is mounting one last-ditch attempt in the final seconds of the game to try to force an overtime showdown. In a last-ditch attempt to avoid a government shutdown, congress has pushed forward a new spending bill.
The situation is dire and requires urgent and undivided attention to resolve it. Taken from the Bible (Luke 14), in which Jesus demonstrates to the Pharisees that some emergencies must be dealt with immediately, even if it means breaking the sabbath to do so. I was always taught to keep Sunday as a holy day, but you know as well as I do that if the ox is in the ditch, then you need to do what you can to make things right, no matter what day of the week it is! With our engine shot, stranded out on this desert highway, it seemed pretty clear to me that the ox was in the ditch.
Of or relating to a situation that is dire and requires urgent and undivided attention to resolve it. Taken from the Bible (Luke 14), in which Jesus demonstrates to the Pharisees that some emergencies must be dealt with immediately, even if it means breaking the Sabbath to do so. I was going to miss the biggest meeting of the year, but my daughter's sickness was an ox-in-the-ditch situation.
A final effort or attempt to solve a problem or avoid failure or defeat, especially after a series of failures or setbacks. The home team is mounting one last-ditch effort in the final seconds of the game to try to force an overtime showdown. In a last-ditch effort to avoid a government shutdown, congress has pushed forward a new spending bill meant to plug the debt ceiling for another year.
Final, usually drastic or risky, with failure as the only alternative. The home team is mounting one last-ditch attempt in the final seconds of the game to try to force an overtime showdown. In a last-ditch effort to avoid a government shutdown, congress has pushed forward a new spending bill.
To die after fighting valiantly until the end. None of our troops will desert us—they're loyal and willing to die in the last ditch.
Fig. a final effort; the last possible attempt. (*Typically: be ~; have ~; make ~.) I made one last-ditch effort to get her to stay. It was a last-ditch effort. I didn't expect it to work.
A desperate final attempt, as in We're making a last-ditch effort to finish on time. This expression alludes to the military sense of last ditch, "the last line of defense." Its figurative use dates from the early 1800s.
COMMON A last-ditch attempt or effort to do something is a final desperate try when everything else has failed. The President has been making a last-ditch attempt to prevent the rebels taking over the city. She gave up all claim on their house and his wealth in a last-ditch attempt to get him back. Note: In this expression, `ditch' means a trench (= long hole in the ground) which has been dug in order to defend a military position. The expression refers to soldiers who are prepared to die in a final effort to defend the position rather than surrender.
die desperately defending something; die fighting to the last extremity.
This expression comes from a remark attributed to King William III ( 1650–1702 ). Asked whether he did not see that his country was lost, he is said to have responded: 'There is one way never to see it lost, and that is to die in the last ditch'. Last-ditch is often used as an adjective meaning 'desperately resisting to the end'.
a final attempt to avoid defeat: They are making a last-ditch stand to save the company. ♢ This is a last-ditch attempt to stop the strike. Ditch in this idiom refers to a long channel built to defend an area against attack.
1. tv. to dispose of someone or something; to abandon someone or something. The crooks ditched the car and continued on foot.
2. tv. & in. to skip or evade someone or something. Pete ditched class today.
They halted, they stood their ground a moment against that withering deluge of fire, then they broke, faced about and swept toward the ditch like chaff before a gale.
A MAN had to be rescued by the emergency services after falling into a five-metre drainage ditch in Loftus.
Ditch Witch Northwest has acquired four Ditch Witch dealers in California, while Engineered Products, another Pap Group firm, bought a Sacramento company.
com)-- Beverage World Specialties (BWS), the upstart international beer, wine, and spirit supplier, has attracted another beverage industry veteran with the addition of former RNDC wine guru Michael Ditch as partner and vice president - director of wines.
Pallandari -- As many as twenty people were died in a fatal accident in Azad Kashmir's Pallandri town when a bus fell into a ditch.
For farmers and landowners in particular, it is useful to know about the age-old legal presumption of the Hedge and Ditch Rule.
Just how far can you push your boundaries in a land dispute?
Johnathan Quinn suggests that the piece in question is a bull ditch lister plow used to dig drainage ditches.
Ditch Witch[R], a Charles Machine Works Company, presented Graham Rutter of Ditch Witch Australia with the 2015 Lowell Highfill Annual Award as the top individual salesperson in the global Ditch Witch organization.
Sharjah: Four people were injured after their vehicle fell into a ditch in Al Mudafi area of Khor Fakkan city early Tuesday.
Kate said: "So far we're half way down digging the ditch and have some 17th century pottery and tobacco pipe.
Roll bars protect the carriage and hydraulic components as the machine is eased into the ditch.
After a seven-year-old Emirati boy and a compatriot youth drowned in a ditch filled with rainwater in Fujairah earlier this month, the Fujairah Municipality Director has issued orders to fill up other such dangerous ditches and wells.
Some of these pilots are well-prepared to ditch and others are not.


Webbing construction allows the Alpine to withstand the high wear experienced in climbing walls and outdoor centres. It is highly adjustable to maximise the range of fit each size caters to.
Thread back buckles are easy to use and check. A high tie in point helps keep climbers upright, and is colour coded to indicate harness size. Leg loops are also colour coded, making it easy for users to fit correctly first time.
Gear loops and leg loop restraining straps are replaceable, increasing the Alpine's lifespan.Simple and rugged design makes the Alpine harness suitable for climbing wall and outdoor centre use.
Webbing harnesses are simple, light, and give a broad range of fit. They are ideal for climbing walls and outdoor centres. They also perform well in Alpine and scrambling environments, where low weight and small pack size are crucial.
Harness tie in points are reinforced with tough material to protect them from wear and tear in this critical area.
Inverting while climbing is unpleasant can damage confidence. A high tie in point helps keep climbers upright during a fall.
Tie-in points are colour coded to help user locate them. Colour coding corresponds to harness size, allowing quick identification and correct size matching to users.
This harness features waist and leg loops with a large adjustment range, allowing them to fit a wide range of sizes. They are perfect for climbing walls and outdoor centres, where customer fit can vary greatly.
Leg loops are colour coded to make it easy for climbers to correctly fit the harness themselves, saving time and helping ensure correct fit in group settings.
Leg loops and a floating waistbelt mean that no matter how many layers you're wearing, you can find a comfortable fit. Appropriate for climbers who want a single harness for all their climbing.
Alpine has a gear loop, allowing climbers to follow up trad and sport routes while learning the art of cleaning gear.
An overview of the features and benefits of the Alpin Harness.


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Agriculture Census - 3:21
Jill Horner speaks with Douglas Fisher, Secretary from the Department of Agriculture, about the Agriculture Census. Interview recorded 4/18/2019.
The Women's Center Rebranding
The Women's Center Rebranding - 4:10
Jill Horner speaks with Claudia Ratzlaff, CEO from AVANZAR, about The Women's Center's Rebranding to AVANZAR. Interview recorded 8/21/2018.
Jill Horner speaks with Henry Jackson from Ocean County College, about College Readiness. Interview recorded 2/7/2019.
Volunteer Training - 4:23
Jill Horner speaks with Tracey Heisler, Executive Director from the CASA SHAW, about Volunteer Training. Interview recorded 10/30/2018.
America's Greatest Family Resort
America's Greatest Family Resort - 3:59
Jill Horner speaks with Michael Hartman, Special Events Coordinator from the City of Ocean City, about America's Greatest Family Resort. Interview recorded 3/27/2019.


Can we trust what the Realtors say? Can we trust what the Realtors say?
Can we trust what Realtors say about other offers?
Buyers always question the Realtors. I've seen it a million times. The home sits on the market for months, no offers. Then, out of the blue, there is one, then another. I say that you have to trust the listing agent and take their word for it. If there is no other offer, it puts them in a very tough spot. But don't forget, the seller isn't obligated accept or even counter your low offer. Often, when a listing agent knows an offer is coming in, he or she will call every other interested party. Though it may seem annoying, the listing agent works in the best interests of the seller. No seller is going to give his or her home away. Often, it's the seller who suggests calling all the other buyers because now he or she is ready to sell and want to maximize the sale price. If the home lists at $500K months ago, and everyone seems to think it is really worth closer to $450K, just because there isn't any action on it, doesn't mean that you can get it for $435K. The market always has a way of figuring itself out. That $450K number may even get bumped to $460K in the presence of other buyers. As frustrating as it is, that's what ends up happening most of the time.


What do you know about Danya? Do you have something new? Please, tell us!!!
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Please! Vote Danya! Where are you? Please!
Please! Vote Danya! He is the second! Do you realy want that? You must to vote him every day and he will be on the first place! But you must to vote him! Every day! Every day! Every day!
And here is the topic for guets! Find Danya!
Did you give him a big kiss from me???
Здравствулте! Poisy и Hel! Вы имеете что-то новое после дня рождения Danya's? Пожалуйста, скажите нам что-то!!! Вы думаете, Danya видит наши красивейшие слова о ем на этом форуме?
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Take your Easter egg craft to a new level and create little space eggs. Kids will love painting these! Two of our space eggs were made by my two-year-old toddler.
The other day, my two-year-old son saw me painting some wooden eggs. Immediately he was overcome with the excitement over this new purpose for eggs. "Paint eggs!" he said and hurried to bring his set of paints in case I did not understand his intention. So I had to quickly come up with a nidea of how we can paint eggs together.
– tempera or acrylic paints (blue, purple, red and white): We used gouache since it's washable and works better for little children; I'd recommend acrylics for older kids and adults.
I find that the tricky part in painting the eggs is making sure they do not roll off the table, painting everything on the way. We tried using a couple of cells from an egg carton to hold them in place. The rest is taking paints out and having fun creating egg microcosms. The layers of paint need to be fairly thick to provide good coverage.
I couldn't resist making a space egg as well. The opportunity doesn't present itself every day, does it? The two eggs that Budster painted are the ones on the right, made with big nebulous strokes, and mine is the one on the left, painted by dabbing with the brush to create a mottled texture.
Once the paint was dry, we diluted some white paint in water on a piece of paper and flicked it on the eggs with a brush. This created a suitable starry effect.
Finally, if you want to seal the paint, use varnish. It will protect the surface of the eggs against water, and if they get dirty or dusty, it will be easy to wipe the dirt and dust off. Glossy varnishes will also make the colours more vibrant and the surface smooth and shiny. But if you used gouache like we did, make sure to use a varnish that is not water-based.
And the eggs are ready!
Beautiful! Can I ask where you got the map in the background of your son painting eggs? Thank you!
It's this map by Wall Pops: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CF0QKTS/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me= Supposed to be dry-erase, but I've never tried it!


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If Windows leaves you cold, and Mac's no good for programming, you might be looking for something a little different for your desktop. Enter Ubuntu, Canonical's GNOME-based Linux desktop. The most recent update has been a good one, adorably named and helping the flexible OS round out many rough corners to become not just functional, but also pretty enjoyable to use.
If Windows and Mac aren't for you, you might find an option in Ubuntu
An alternative OS that has plenty of charm
If you're not familiar with Ubuntu, don't worry. It's an alternative operating system that is strictly aimed at programmers and techy folk - it comes in three distributions, Desktop, Server, and Core (for IoT purposes, which gives you a really good indication of what it's aimed at.
Today we're looking at the desktop distribution which, although it doesn't come ready installed with all the cloud computing tools the Server edition does, still packs a punch if you're into the more technical things on your computer, since it's all Linux-based.
Despite the technical leanings, however, Ubuntu's actually very nice to use. The interface is attractive and fast, and it's entirely intuitive: if you've ever used a Windows or Mac machine, basic operations will present you with absolutely no problem whatsoever.
Installing Ubuntu is easy. Alternative distributions have a bit of a reputation for complicated installation. For users who want a huge amount of control over the process, this might have been welcomed, but for anyone else, it was a massive pain point. Not so much anymore - Ubuntu is installed with a very traditional-looking installer that offers its various options via tick boxes, which shouldn't scare anyone away. It's also available in various languages and keyboard layouts, which should also help bring Ubuntu to a greater audience.
Linux gamers will also feel at home here. Linux gaming isn't for everyone, but it has its fans and Ubuntu has good graphics processing and pretty snappy response times. For other apps, you'll use the Aptitude package manager. You can get into the technicalities of this tool if you want, but the bottom line is that it lets you install apps as easily as you would anywhere else. There's a good selection of native Linux apps that you can run on Ubuntu. You probably won't have the same selection as you would on Windows but let's be honest - no-one chooses Ubuntu because they want an OS that's more commercial than Microsoft.
Rather, one of the main reasons that people DO choose to install Ubuntu is because it's completely free - free to download in the first instance, and free to update whenever one is released, which is about every 6 months. It also runs on Linux, which means that there are infinite possibilities for customization. Between being flexible and free, you can see how users who like to get their hands dirty are big fans.
A major subset of these users who like to get their hands dirty - programmers - are really big fans. Ubuntu is one of the few OSs that supports native Docker, which offers massive gains in terms of performance. Also handy for the tinkerer is Ubuntu's Snap Packages - self-contained installations that auto-update. For people who like to install and play with things a little more interesting that Paint 3D, it's a secure and handy way to experiment.
In all, Ubuntu is aimed at technical folk, but for something that is presumably pretty powerful, it's actually very easy and pleasant to use at a beginner's level. If you have any interest at all in life outside of Mac and Windows, you might have found a new alternative.
You can run Ubuntu on most PCs and tablets.
Yes, there are many people who would probably argue that there are several better options when it comes to Ubuntu. Less technical people will probably be more comfortable with something more commercial, like Windows or Mac. There will be developers and tech-types who are fans of the OS, but most likely many more (they're fussy folk!) who would pick it apart in a flash and clamor for alternatives like Linux Mint, Debian, or Fedora.
If you approach Ubuntu with no preconceptions, it's a surprisingly nice, easy-to-use, and even refreshing operating system. Banish any thoughts of older operating systems from your head - this isn't a weird, archaic OS - it's modern, fast, and attractive. If money is a major concern or you're really pro-open source, then we could maybe see why an everyday user might try it or consider using Ubuntu as his or her everyday system. The rest of us will probably stick to what we know, but only out of familiarity.
If you're a developer or a tinkerer, you may well opt for Ubuntu, if not the desktop version, then the server or cloud option. You'd probably have technical features and requirements that would push you that way, but you could rest assured that even though Ubuntu isn't the most commercial, it's a pretty pleasant way of implementing all the extra tech juice.
For interest or experiment, sure - download Ubuntu and see how you like it. Anyone with more serious intentions will have to check out the specific technical features, but it's a fun ride regardless.
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Mission San Xavier – a love story for the ages
Better late than never?
Two weekends ago I was in Tucson, Arizona. As I read reports of 120 degree flight-cancelling weather in Arizona this week, I was SO GRATEFUL that it was a mere 104 degrees when my college friends and I were there.
We were up from sunrise to sundown…
One early morning, we drove to Mission San Xavier del Bac, also known as the White Dove of the Desert. Situated on the Tohono O'odham Reservation, this Spanish Colonial building rises up like a miraculous white apparition in the middle of the desert.
The Mission was founded in 1692 by Father Eusebio Kino, a Catholic missionary of Italian descent, but the original mission was destroyed in an Apache raid. Eventually, Spanish Franciscans took over the Mission and the present building was built in its place between 1783 and 1797. Today it is an active parish that is still run by Franciscans and continues to serve the Tohono O'odham tribe for and by whom it was originally built.
It is a constant battle and labor of love to maintain the Mission, which is buffeted by a harsh and punishing climate. A film playing on endless loop in a side room at the Mission documents the latest major renovation that happened over five or six years in the 90s, when it was discovered that the cement used to stucco over the exterior was absorbing and trapping water. All of the cement had to be picked away and replaced. The conservators consulted with artisans in Mexico who taught them how to make the more breathable stucco that had originally coated the church. I was fascinated to learn that the recipe calls for just sand, lime, and the juice of prickly pear cactus! The emergency repairs to the exterior were just the beginning…
Tim Lewis was a young man from the Tohono O'odham Reservation who was drifting from job to job, doing drugs, and drinking too much when a call was put out for apprentices to begin work on a major interior restoration. Like many a father of wayward sons, his dad urged him to go out and get a job. Lewis showed up at the Mission without a resume and without any guile:
I told them I couldn't paint, I had no art background at all and I didn't even like art in school…I told them I hated school and I didn't know why I was there, and I wasn't even qualified for this at all. (Tim Lewis is quoted in Cindy Somers' "San Xavier Restoration" article in Tucson Citizen)
In what I think can only be ascribed to some sort of divine miracle – he was hired.
Lewis says that working on the Mission saved his life. He got clean and sober. He gained a sense of purpose to his life. Eventually, the Mission led him to love. He was sent to Europe to learn from professional conservators. On his first day in Salzburg, he met Matilde Rubio, a conservator from Spain. With obvious love in his voice and a small smile playing on an otherwise impassive face he says, "If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have ever married anyone." Rubio moved to Lewis' village where they married and together they rejoined the crew working on the Mission. The two now travel together and work side by side on restoration projects around the world
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680), the first Native American saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
The art of conservation is as an act of devotion. The conservator must never assert his or her own artistry, but rather must try to understand and recreate the original artist's vision. This guiding principle necessitates the renunciation of ego and painstaking labor. To restore peeling frescoes, for example, a dot of adhesive was painstakingly applied by syringe behind each tiny flake of paint, until it absorbed the glue and relaxed back into the wall. The story of humans fighting against the elements and the march of time to protect and maintain a thing of beauty strikes me as a love story for the ages.
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Richard McKeon: Twentieth-Century Man
By all accounts, philosopher Richard McKeon (1900-85) was a legend in the classroom. The list of students for whom McKeon shepherded an academic pursuit or two reads like a roster of the twentieth-century's most noted cultural figures: Robert Coover, Paul Goodman, Susan Sontag, Richard Rorty, Paul Rabinow, and Wayne Booth, among them. But McKeon never quite knocked out the one bankable work that makes an intellectual's name. Instead, his contributions—to everything from human rights, medieval philosophy, and the history of science to dialectics, literary criticism, and rhetoric—remain as diverse as the pluralist approach he helped espouse.
Our own executive editor Doug Mitchell shares the following thoughts about McKeon's contributions to twentieth-century thought:
The University of Chicago Press has been home to many publications by and about Richard McKeon, going back to editions of Cicero and Aristotle and up to an ongoing series of Selected Papers in three volumes, of which two are already published, with a third due in 2013. McKeon's range as a philosopher was enormous (from metaphysics and philosophy of science to ethics and international politics to aesthetics, education, and the philosophic arts, with special emphasis on the arts of logic and rhetoric). His participation in curriculum-building at various universities (from Baroda to Puerto Rico to Swarthmore to Chicago), and in establishing UNESCO and the drafting the Universal Bill of Rights at the United Nations has marked him as a significant player in the junction of philosophy with the world of practical affairs.
What may be most striking about his notably original philosophy is its reformulation of the history of ideas as a branch of philosophy and philosophy as an examination of plural traditions of philosophic discourse. This positions his philosophy of systematic pluralism as an entrée to invention and judgment in the extension of techniques of discourse and of avenues to inquiry, eschewing relativisms and deconstructivisms, on the one hand, but also deflecting the absolutism of naturalisms and positivisms on the other. McKeon's philosophy is undergoing a revival of interest in areas as diverse as sociology, literary history, neuroscience, rhetorical studies, and comparative studies in civilization and world community.
For this reason, the Press is delighted to offer a link to a website devoted to McKeon, established in 2011, which features his autobiographical writings, a bibliography of his works, and samples of his audio lectures as well as his lecture notes.
McKeon's many publications include several published by the University of Chicago Press that are still in print today: Freedom and History and Other Essays: An Introduction to the Thought of Richard McKeon; On Knowing: The Natural Sciences; Introduction to Aristotle; Selected Writings of Richard McKeon, Volume Two; and The Edicts of Asoka (coedited with N. A. Nikam). For those seeking additional information about McKeon and his philosophy, George Kimball Plochmann's Richard McKeon: A Study, the first book-length treatment of McKeon's scholarship, is worth noting, as is Walter Watson's The Architectonics of Meaning: Foundations of the New Pluralism.
The newly launched Richard McKeon website includes varied responses to McKeon's philosophies and promises to be a very helpful place to begin for those unfamiliar with this pioneering American intellectual.


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A data driven system can only be used to identify an anomaly within the specific compressor or hot gas path sections of a gas turbine. In contrast, a model based digital twin can pinpoint the development of specific damage in an individual part such as a blade, vane and a disc of a specific gas turbine section. In addition, the reliability of a part can be established up-front using engine usage variability, microstructural variability and inspection uncertainty analyses rather than waiting to accumulate the field failure data to provide the traditional FMECA based predictions.
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February 10, 2010 in Journals / Articles
It's a long way from Iran to north-east England, but anger about the crushing of opposition protests by the Islamic regime has generated a furious row at Durham University, where one academic has condemned the British government for turning "the slaughter of innocent teenagers in Iraq and Afghanistan into an art form".
Dr Colin Turner, co-director of Durham's Centre for Iranian Studies, lashed out after supporters of Iran's green movement campaigned against a seminar on culture and politics that was funded by the Iranian state, but boycotted by the main speakers and all Iranians at the university.
The seminar was held on 28 January, the day the authorities in Tehran announced the execution of two young men it described as terrorists, in the presence of Durham's mayor and the university vice-chancellor. Iranian students in the UK are also enraged by the fact that a Durham postgraduate colleague is missing, presumed in detention in Iran after having had his passport confiscated. Feelings are running high in advance of this week's 31st anniversary of the 1979 revolution.
Protests began shortly after the seminar was announced. Dr Homa Katouzian, an Oxford-based academic who was billed as the keynote speaker, decided to pull out to avoid controversy. A Paris-based colleague followed suit. The event was addressed briefly by the cultural attache at the Iranian embassy in London, Ali Mohammad Helmi, who is described as a hardline supporter of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The result, Turner admitted afterwards, was that the seminar was "monopolised by pro-regime speakers".
But he rejected "wild and damaging allegations" of support for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that had been made against colleagues by green activists. "These same people who denigrate us have absolutely no problem in accepting scholarships from the British government – which has turned the slaughter of innocent teenagers in Iraq and Afghanistan into an art form. Before they accuse us of receiving what they term 'blood money' from our Iranian funders, maybe they should look a little more closely at the source of their own funding."
Turner also referred to the "barbarism" of the British government in the Middle East.
Green supporter Roya Farazman said: "It is crystal clear that the Iranian government supported this event not for the sake of academic discussion. Rather they are desperate for attention from reputable US and British universities."
Afshin Shahi, a Durham doctoral candidate, told the Guardian: "This regime is one of the greatest enemies of the freedom of expression. Iran has the greatest number of jailed journalists in the world. Lecturers are forced to resign. These people are just not interested in debate and dialogue."
Shahi's fellow student, Ehsan Abdo-Tabrizi, was apparently detained after flying to Tehran before Christmas. He has not been heard from since being ordered to meet government officials.
Turner, who supervised Tabrizi, insisted he was "completely aware that conferences … are seen as propaganda opportunities by the Iranian regime" and would not accept funding from the same sponsors again. "Iranian money comes with strings attached, as we have found to our chagrin," he wrote.
The centre's director, Dr Reza Molavi, said the seminar had been funded to the tune of around £5,000 by Iran's equivalent of the British Council but insisted there had been no promotion of the regime. "We don't think that by isolating them we will do any favours to Iran or Iranians. These students who have raised Cain about this are young and temperamental and may have made decisions that are not in tune with what realities dictate." He was "not aware" of Abdo-Tabrizi's whereabouts.
"Things are getting bad," Katouzian said. "People like me want to get on with their academic work in a way that maintains their integrity." Katouzian's star student, doctoral candidate Mohammadreza Jalaeipour, was arrested on a visit to Iran during the unrest after last June's disputed presidential election. He is now on bail but unable to leave the country.
Even critics of the Durham centre acknowledge that financial difficulties played a part in this row. "Who's going to fund Iranian studies?" said another student, who asked to remain anonymous because he needs to be able to travel freely to Tehran. "If universities want to hold events they don't have the resources in-house. This highlights how British universities are forced to turn to authoritarian regimes for funding."
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People shoving at Wal-Mart weren't just looking for cheap notebooks. They also bought LCDs, research firm says.
Promotional pricing on LCD monitors caused unit sales to increase by 36 percent during Thanksgiving week in U.S. retail stores and set an overall record for LCDs sold in a week, according to research firm Current Analysis.
Some retail stores cut prices on 17-inch monitors to $150, while 19-inch monitors could be had for as low as $169, Christian Dias, an analyst at Current Analysis, said Thursday. Heavy advertising also bolstered sales. Advertisements for LCDs (liquid crystal displays) increased by 89 percent over the same week a year ago.
"The replacement market is driving this," Dias said. "People are getting rid of their CRTs."
Overall, the average price of an LCD dropped from $365 during Thanksgiving week in 2004 to $318 this year.
The results from Thanksgiving week and the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday, are pleasing electronics makers. Notebook, TV and desktop sales all showed strong growth.
Despite price cuts, overall revenue also increased in many product categories. LCD revenue went up 19 percent from the same week a year ago, Dias said. Revenue from PCs, for instance, climbed by 11 percent on a 35 percent boost in unit sales.
Investment bank Bear Stearns issued a similar report on retail sales, noting that Apple Computer iPod sales were strong, leading to low inventories.
Some analysts predicted that if sales turned out to be anemic during the week, panic would begin to grip the industry. Often, consumer electronics makers operate on tight margins.
Proview Technology, which offered deep discounts, led LCD monitor sales for the week, capturing 24 percent of sales. Samsung followed with 20 percent, while Hewlett-Packard and Gateway tied for third with 17 percent.


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The Ghana Grid company (GRIDco) has assured that their outfit has reserved power for Kwahu Easter which will help the region experience full supply of power especially during Kwahu Easter festivities in the eastern region this week.
Kwahu over the years has become the talk of Easter celebration in Ghana increasing the area population to over thousands every year as business activities boomed resulting in increase power consumption and this year's Easter is not an exception. Ghana has battled for a sustainable power supply over the years.
"About 200 megawatt of power has been added to the power supply so there is no need for revelers and businesses who are coming to Kwahu to be afraid of power cuts since all maintenances have been done" Mr Aquah added.


Heat oven to 375°F. Make pie crust as directed on box for One-Crust Filled Pie using 9-inch glass pie plate; flute edge.
In 10-inch skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium-low heat until hot. Add onions; cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until onions are slightly golden in color. Add garlic; cook an additional minute. Spread onions and garlic evenly in bottom of pie crust. Arrange vegetables in tight spiral pattern over onion mixture, alternating vegetables. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and thyme. Drizzle with remaining 1 tablespoon of oil. Cover with foil.
Bake 30 minutes. Remove foil; bake 15 minutes. Sprinkle vegetables with cheese and bread crumbs. Bake an additional 10 to 20 minutes or until cheese begins to brown.
Cool 15 minutes. To serve, cut into wedges.
One and one half cups sliced and quartered eggplant can be substituted for the Japanese eggplant.